Charlottesville 10 miler
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Comments: Race started on an uphill, just a preview of things to come. Also, as soon as the starting gun went off the sun came out and there wasn't a clud in the sky, the temp climbed 5 to 10 degrees and I had no hat or sunglasses First mile was rolling hills, followed by more hills, and then more hills. Pretty tough for a flatlander girl. I was trying to run conservatively, not pushing too hard on the uphills and trying to relax on the flats and roll on the downhills; unfortunately not too many downhills the first 4 miles. Finally got rolling a bit on mile 4, nice long downhill into downtown; I started getting pretty warm, at each drink station I started taking 2 cups of water, one to drink and one to pour on myself. Everytime I thought the course had a break we'd turn a corner and there'd be another uphill; especially mile 7 and 8 climbing back up to UVA campus. Last mile was back to the rolling hills back to the finish; what a happy sight. :) What would you do differently?: not much, I do some hill training on our bridges, but it's hard to simulate that type of course around here ![]() Post race
Warm down: got some food and drink (non alcoholic), walked back to the hotel, I had to shower and get back to my running medicine conference which is why I was up in Charlottesville in the first place What limited your ability to perform faster: lack of hills where I live and train, but I was happy with how I handled the course; especially in the heat, definitely the toughest course I have raced Event comments: This is a great race; gets bigger every year. 2300+ runners this year. Despite the tough course it is a great event, extremely well organized with lots of volunteers and local community support. Last updated: 2006-03-26 12:00 AM
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Charlottesville Track Club
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up at 5:45, coffee and patmeal, trying to decide what to wear, it was overcast and 62 at 6am and a bit breezy
walked/jogged about 3/4 mile to the start from my hotel, tried to stay warm out in the wind